The biggest thing that I wonder about is if they'll be comfortable only carrying 8 OL or 9 DB's because those are probably things they should do with how the team is built. [Reply]
Hard to explain without video...but rookie safety Juan Thornhill just did a fantastic job of taking away a deep throw on a broken play by showing awareness of the WR streaking down the field.
It’s a little thing and won’t make a highlight, but shows his awareness.
Juan Thornhill with a pick of Mahomes underneath Hill. It is third-and-long day, so you’re going to see plays like that. Mahomes threw it up for grabs, same as a punt there. Offense will struggle today.
Mahomes/Hill were clearly not on the same page there, Hill looked to be making that second cut into a flag route while Mahomes was expecting it to be more of an out.
It was all sloppy from Hill though; very haphazard in his movements, regardless of what they were supposed to be.
Nobody involved made that one too tough on young Juan... [Reply]
Originally Posted by Superturtle:
It's got to be a major benefit for Thornhill to constantly practice against the best QB in football.
It wasn't a benefit to anyone that played on the defense last year.
I think the 'iron sharpens iron' thing is overstated. It sounds great and makes sense in theory, but when you start to poke about, there's not a lot of real world support for it.
Otherwise the Patriots would get fisted in the playoffs after the annual cake-walk that is their division. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Eh, that was a pretty easy pick, though.
Mahomes/Hill were clearly not on the same page there, Hill looked to be making that second cut into a flag route while Mahomes was expecting it to be more of an out.
It was all sloppy from Hill though; very haphazard in his movements, regardless of what they were supposed to be.
Nobody involved made that one too tough on young Juan...
Still, we've had plenty of dropped INTs in recent years. [Reply]
After last years safety play ( this is bad to say) I'm just happy to see the guy keep outside leverage there. He knows he's got help to the middle, so he doesn't try and jump on top of the route and get beat outside like Parker and company did last year. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
After last years safety play ( this is bad to say) I'm just happy to see the guy keep outside leverage there. He knows he's got help to the middle, so he doesn't try and jump on top of the route and get beat outside like Parker and company did last year.
Yeah, Parker would've bit like crazy on that.
That dude started cheating on everything. He clearly realized he didn't have the long-speed to recover anymore so he was just constantly guessing out there.
Man, having genuinely premier athletes playing safety for us this year will be...different.
I really do think we can say that this defense has top 10 potential. I know everyone wants to harrumph over the CBs and LBs but I think some of those concerns (injuries notwithstanding) are a bit overblown and all of them could be answered in a resoundingly positive fashion. Breeland could easily go be there guy that got a $24 million offer from the Panthers. Fuller could go out there and play like the top slot CB in football he was 2 years ago. Ward could simply be average and we'd be in nice shape. Hitchens could get back to the form he displayed in a 4-3 in Dallas. Lee was among the best coverage LBs in football last year even in a disappointing season.
With just a handful of extremely reasonable 'upsides' being hit, this defense could actually be damn good. [Reply]